Cetacea, order Cetacea

an order of Eutheria

• animal order — the order of animals

• cetacean, cetacean mammal, blower — large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
• Mysticeti, suborder Mysticeti — baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks
• Odontoceti, suborder Odontoceti — toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales
• Monodontidae, family Monodontidae — narwhals

• Eutheria, subclass Eutheria — all mammals except monotremes and marsupials